Black Metal - Burzum - Gebrechlichkeit I




Death Metal - Gojira - Where Dragons Dwell




Indie Pop - Smoosh - Free to Stay

Surf Rawk, here!


I have a shameful love for indie surf rock.

Teenage Jesus and the Jerks - Orphans (No Wave)

I personally wouldn't go with Eraser. While I love it and would say it falls into the noise pop category, I don't think it's the best track to describe the genre. Just doesn't encompass enough of the noise element for me.

My only concern with this project as a whole is people picking things that are a part of the genre but not necessarily the most accurate to describing the genre as a whole, of course everyone has different ideas about this so voting is really the only way to go. For the example of noise rock, sure The Jesus Lizard are quite know as a noise rock band but in comparison to bands that embrace noise a lot more (e.g. AIDS Wolf, Mindflayer, Arab on Radar) The Jesus Lizard are more so a 'noisey rock band', which may be a bit misleading to those getting their first taste of the genre (point of the comp, is it not?).

Just some thoughts. Again, a lot of that boils down to personal opinion.

Soca - Machel Montano - We Not Givin' Up



Calypso - The Mighty Sparrow - Miss Mary

Blues Rock

Garage Rock

Glam Rock

Heavy Metal

Goth Metal

Grindcore

Groove Metal

Industrial Metal

Power Metal

Sludge Metal

Crossover


Why have D.R.I been put down for Thrash?

Pop Rock

Dancehall

Dub

Lovers Rock

Ragga (not the original version)

Reggae

Reggae Fusion

Rocksteady

Electro Dub (missing from the list)

Big Band


Swing

Juju

Progressive Folk

Funk

Deep Funk

Disco

New Jack Swing

Soul

Furniture Music

Henry Cow - Living in the Heart of the Beast (Avant-Prog/RIO)


I decided to suggest a track from their 1975. album 'In Praise of Learning' because it was a collaboration with Slapp Happy and with Dagmar Krause singing. Although it was released as Henry Cow, you kinda have two in one, two bands that defined Rock In Opposition.

Dead Can Dance - In Power We Entrust The Love Advocated (Ethereal)


It was really hard for me to decide which song to choose. I decided to go for earlier one, because then they didn't have so strong ethno, medieval and new age influences. That's why this song represents that original Ethereal Wave. I guess this could be tagged as Dark Wave too. So, what does everybody think? Should there be two sub-genres, Ethereal and Dark Wave, or just one?

Glam Rock- 20th Century Boy (T Rex)
New Romantic- The Art Of Parties (Japan)
Funk- If There's A Hell Below We're All Gonna Go (Curtis Mayfield)
Folk Rock- It's Alright Ma I'm Only Bleeding (Bob Dylan)
Dance-Pop I Feel For You(Chaka Khan), specifically her version
Alternative Hip Hop- Check The Rhyme ( A Tribe Called Quest)
Garage Rock- Louie Louie (The Kingsmen)

Great suggestions everybody. Going to add these over the next few minutes. One thing I've noticed however. Please check to see if the genre you'd like to submit to has been taken. You can still suggest a different song, but state your reasons why you think it'd be better. And if at least one person sincerely backs you up, with no major disagreements between sides, it'll be changed. Thanks everybody, this is all coming together so nicely!

Sophisti-Pop Goodbye Lucille #1 (Prefab Sprout)

I mean it is noise POP and noise ROCK and not just "noise." Maybe those bands should get their own "noise" genre? :)

Yes!

In fact, I wonder if "indie surfer rock" almost deserves its own genre at this point, considering the ridiculousness of the The Beach Boys not representing surf rock?

This is incredibly me! Great song!

I agree.

SOMEBODY GO MAKE A SECTION NAO,

I am on it. Any mods who wanna help me keep this thing updated, feel free to jump in! (I think they've avoided this thread for that reason ;) )

For that Blues-Rock, I think that The Doors' "Roadhouse Blues" would be fitting.

Avant garde metal, anyone?

I have ( as far as I know) suggested a track for a genre not taken but it is a minefield in regard to multiple tracks for one genre.

Like what? They're still pop/rock bands too.

Ooh. And "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" for Acid Rock.

This is a very legit point of concern. There are only two ways to get the most accurate description of what constitues a genre. 1) The artist themselves. What they or their record label describe themselves as is likely accurate. 2) Majority rule. Aka voting. Likewise, there are 2 ways to know if a work really defines that particular genre. 1) Historical record. If it's something like Robert Johnson's Cross Road Blues for Delta Blues, or Mudhoney for grunge, or Miley Cyrus for Manufactored Pop, obviously it's a good way to define that style. With the smaller offshoots and genres, however, it's often hard to tell and open to a lot of interpretation. So 2) Majority Rule, aka voting is the most effective.

For these reasons, I've created this area here.

This is far too time consuming for every single genre. However, as has happened already, if there is some dispute about what should represent a genre effectively (less so what constitues a genre), take your discussions there. The reason I'm seperating them is because it's becoming very cluttered and difficult to process submissions through this thread. So, henceforth, if you think something poorly represents a style, discuss it there, maybe bother a mod to add a poll every now and then, and report back here with the new track and a bolded notification: REPLACE, for my sake, so it's easier to process.

From now on, please use this thread only to suggest songs. Write ups and info are still welcomed!

ediT - Ants - Glitch

Oceanlab - If I Could Fly - Vocal Trance



Mr. Blue (Bonobo) - Sacremento - Downtempo



Skizzo Franick - Goodbye Summer - Lounge Music

Janne Da Arc - Wild Fang - J-Rock



Zazie - Je Suis Un Homme - French Pop



Xei Mei Jing - Bian Je 1999 - Mandarin Pop

All are added Kaimon. Some cool stuff there with the foreign pop.

Oh, I submitted an Indie Pop track as well, but I don't think I saw that category on there.

Category is there but it was taken already. Sometimes it's a bit confusing because if I'm not adding them right as they're submitted it looks open. Was gone for the weekend so I got a little behind but I'm caught up now :beer:

Haha thanks. Acutally, I've got a bit more...

Genki Sudo - Mindshift - Japanese Pop



Up Dharma Down - Oo - Original Pilipino Music

P Funk- Tear The Roof Off The Sucker (Parliament)

All added.

including the ones decided upon in the discussion thread?

Nope. What you decide in there should still be posted here, and if it's to replace a song then be sure to mark it REPLACE so it's easy for my to process.

Absofuckinglutely...

Southern Rock- Bad Moon Rising(Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Soft Rock : Albatross (Fleetwood Mac)

Both added mate :beer:

By the way, Avant-Garde has been completely defined. Ska is close, just needs one song to define the main genre (i.e. the ultimate Ska song). Any takers?